Is Welsh manufacturing missing out?

27 September 2018

SMEs in the Welsh manufacturing sector could make significant improvements to their efficiency and output by using the technologies and business systems that benefit larger organisations in the industry.

A Cardiff University and NatWest Cymru event next month will help businesses from Wales’ diverse manufacturing sector understand the benefits of recent advances in Smart Manufacturing so that they too can profit from the application of things like artificial intelligence and data exchange.

A thriving ecosystem

Adrian Coles, NatWest Cymru Relationship Director, Corporate and Commercial Coverage, South East Wales, said: “Wales is home to a thriving eco-system of manufacturing SME businesses, yet understandably many of these companies see advancements such as automation and AI technologies as being only relevant to much bigger, global employers...”

“In reality these evolutions in technology are relevant and available to SME businesses in Wales and this event will help them understand the benefits they can bring and in turn how they can access them.”

Adrian Coles, NatWest Cymru Relationship Director

Andrew Hopkins, Strategic Technology Manager at Cardiff University, added: “We very much welcome working collaboratively with industry on a confidential basis...”

“When both parties contribute to the research effort, this generates significant increases in knowledge for all involved.”